New Aida Instructor Trainers !

We are excited to announce that we have three new Aida Instructor Trainers with very impressive credentials! First up is long-time diver, volunteer, instructor, judge and judge instructor, Pim Vermeulen. Pim is from the Netherlands and instructs throughout Europe and Egypt. Pim is multi-lingual and can instruct in several languages.

 


 

Next up is Miguel Lozano. Miguel is an Aida Master Instructor and record holding diver. He is from Barcelona, Spain and is based at Apnea Canarias. He speaks Spanish and English.

 

 

 

 


 

And last but certainly not least ,we have World Record diver and World Champion , William Trubridge. William is a New Zealand native and instructs at the famous Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas and in Europe. He offers courses in English and Italian.

 

 

These instructors offer all levels of Aida courses from beginner to instructor and Pim also teaches judge courses.

  • Pim Vermeulen: immersion.nu
  • Miguel Lozano:    apneacanarias.com
  • William Trubridge:  verticalblue.net


 

Record freediver Carlos Coste new Aida Instructor Trainer

World renowned diver, Carlos Coste, is now an Aida Instructor Trainer. We are very excited to have Carlos on board in this role. He has been very successful teaching others to freedive as well as achieving great accomplishments in his own diving. Carlos will be based in Venezuela and will offer instruction for Latin America. He is fluent in English and Spanish. Anyone interested in taking a course from Carlos can contact him via email at :puropulmon@gmail.com

El record apneísta, Carlos Coste, ahora es el nuevo Instructor Trainer Aida. Estamos muy felices de tener a Carlos a bordo en este puesto. Él ha sido muy exitoso enseñando apnea, así como teniendo grandes logros compitiendo. Carlos vive en Venezuela y ofrecerá instrucciones para América Latina. Habla con fluidez en Inglés y Español. Cualquier persona interesada en tomar un curso con Carlos lo puede contactar por correo electrónico: puropulmon@gmail.com

 

3 World Records now official

We are pleased to announce that the results of the required doping tests are in from the independent testing agency. The World Records for Ilaria Bonin (Italy) dynamic no-fins 163m, Ashley Futral-Chapman (USA) constant weight no-fins 67m, and Alexey Molchanov (Russia) constant weight 126m , are all now verified with clean test results. Congratulations to Ilaria, Ashley, and Alexey, for these impressive performances. Well done all !

 

Happy holidays!!!

Dear freedivers around the world,

It is a time for a small break and to enjoy some days with our families and friends.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Kimmo Lahtinen
Aida, president

 

Aida election results for new year

A recent vote was held to elect some of the Executive Board members and to approve the membership fee and budget for 2013.
Financial matters were supported by the Assembly and the following officers were elected:

Robert King- Vice – President
Ute Geßmann – Sport Officer
Carla Hanson – Secretary
Ben Noble – Treasurer.

Thanks to all who voted in these important matters.
We wish you happy holidays and many white cards for 2013!
Be safe and take care.